Manufacturing and Materials
Operationalising sustainability as an opportunity
"Every single social and global issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise.” – Peter Ducker quoted in Grayson D, Coulter C, Lee M, All In: The Future of Business Leadership, Routledge, May ...
Our relationship with robots is messy and confused
An animal charity in San Francisco has become a target for much global criticism and local abuse, all because of the behaviour of its most recent recruit: an R2D2-style robot. The 1.5 metre tall Knightscope ...
‘Grill the Aspiring Geeks’ – Cranfield University stories from the Disruptive Innovation Festival
We recently took part in The Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF), a three-week-long online festival of 'disruptive' ideas (from November 6th to 24th 2017), which is free and accessible to everyone. The festival challenged us to think about ...
How do structural engineers make sure an aircraft wing can carry the weight of the entire plane? Modelling failure of metals and composites
Being able to predict the behaviour of materials is one of the key skills of a structural engineer. A structural engineer must know how to design components so that they can carry the loads in ...
Do you know how green your car is? Why measurement of low-emission vehicles is misleading…
Why don’t we have energy ratings labels for our cars and other vehicles? We think we already do - via the checks on tailpipe emissions and CO2 that are backed up by Government legislation and ...
A long time coming: changes and challenges for the medical devices industry
These are uncertain times. As I write, the UK government has triggered Article 50, signalling the start of Britain’s exit from the EU, and negotiations have just begun. This brings huge uncertainty and more than ...